Our commissioning agent was involved with creation of the owners basis of design documents, they reviewed the design drawings during the design process to verify they were consistent with the ownener's BOD, and they reviewed shop drawings that were provided by the contractor. Due to contract issues the commissioning agent didn't verify the installation and performance of the required systems at the time of construction. The contractural issues have been worked out and the commissioning agent has been paid so is available to complete the testing review and systems verifications as required for the fundamental commissioning prerequisite including creating the summary commissioning report. At this point the building has been occupied by residents (it is a college dorm) for over a year. Is there a time limit to when the commissioning agent can complete the systems testing? NOTE: all of the systems were inspected by manufacture's representatives before substantial completeion, the universities on staff commissioning team was also involved during the project closeout process, and the commissioning agent will be doing their own on site verification testing of the systems as required by the prerequisite before creating the commisiong report. This is the only item that needs to be done before submitting the final review documentation to the USGBC. Is this possible / allowable? This is a critical issue as this is a prerequisite so i appreciate any help. Thanks.
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Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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December 15, 2017 - 12:59 pm
Todd, sorry for the delay in response...catching up on some stuff this morning. This is not the same project as what you asked about on Dec 8th? In this answer, I am going to assume not. Depending on how much documentation exists, this might be in the realm of "seek forgiveness" (from the "I don't so much ask for permission, as seek forgiveness"). It appears that a lot of work was done as construction closed. Hopefully the owners in-house Cx team has documentation that can be included in the final report. Perhaps the biggest issue will be how will deficiencies be corrected if found in this new round of testing since the building is out of warranty. You can also ask for a conference call but have your plan ready with the theme of "this is why our plan complies with the letter and intent of the credit" then ask for a review and critique of that plan.